Tuesday, September 19, 2006

equation for terrorism

take 100 children
teargas 93 by age 5
raid the homes of 85
have 55 witness their fathers being beaten
beat 42 of them
shoot 31
imprison the brother of 28
detain 19
kill a family member of 3
multiply by 10
by 1000
by 100,000

take away
education
sanitation
health care
food
water

hand one a gun

4 Comments:

Blogger Sicilian said...

So true and so sad. . . and the biggest thing that you get. . . is deep down hate. . . it doesn't ever go away.
Ciao

7:08 PM, September 19, 2006  
Blogger Edward said...

I wish the formula were that simple. But that doesn't explain those born with upper middle-class to upper class roots. Many of whom by all accounts could have lived lives indistinguishable from one you'd recognize... Osama chief among them. Its a little more complicated than that.

3:55 AM, September 20, 2006  
Blogger PretaMulatta said...

simple AND complicated. it's so unfortunate that the US govt has contributed SO MUCH 2 the terrorists + funded their very purpose in many cases...

shameful.

10:53 AM, September 22, 2006  
Blogger Helene said...

I think people, no matter what their status in life, need to believe in SOMETHING. If they get sucked in by the dark side, then there they are. It is interesting that I have been having a bit of a pitty party here in my own mind tonight and when I read this It made me see that no matter how bad my reality seems to be to me, there are soooooo many people with realities so much worse... Thanks ... um I think.. lol

8:39 PM, September 25, 2006  

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